A Brief History of Aberdeen's Shipbuilders

Film Archive

The following films come from the Hall Russell & Company collections at Aberdeen Maritime Museum. They were taken in and around the shipyard in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although the films are silent they provide us with a window onto a vanished world; showing all the hustle and activity of a busy shipyard including launch parties and ships running trials.

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Film of the launch of Erica (918), Iris (919) and Hawthorn (914) and Hawthorn running trials, 1964 - 1965